Pressing machine



J. DENEMARK Sept. 29, 1925 PRESSING mommax Filed March 6, 1925 4Sheets-Sheet .1

4 TTORNEY Sept. 29, 1925'.

J. DENEMARK PREssINs MACHINE Filed March e, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mlllluullw TTUHNEY Sept. 29, 1925.

J. DEN EMARK PnEssNG MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 6, 1925 Sept;29, 1925.

J. DEN EMARK PRESSING MACHINE Filed March 6l 1925 n 4 Sheets-Sheet 4Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB DENEMARK, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

PRESSING MACHINE.

Application iled March`6, 1925. lSerial No. 13,557.

l in the pressing of seams during the process of clothing manufacture.

An object of the invention is to provide a pressing machine which willfeed the goods to be pressed automatically beneath a pressll ing iron,will apply pressure to said iron, and one which will steam and dry thegoods duringthe pressing operation.

A further objectis to providev a visual indicator which shows .theoperator when the feed bars yare above the surface of the table, so thatthe machine when cut off from the power operating member may be adjustedby the operator to bring the feed bars below the base so that the goodsmay be drawn out of the machine without damaging or marring the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine in whichthe vertical throw of the feed bars may be adjusted to compensate forgoods of various thicknesses.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a compacte'tiicient machine which will automatically feed goods to be pressedbeneath an iron, and one in which the parts will be so arranged that thesteam is ad-l mitted to the goods intermittently and the iron is heatedby the steam, a part of which isarrangedto moisten the goods just beforethe saine is pressed.

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Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a machineconstructed inaccordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is atop plan view of the machine as seen in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is areal' end view of the machiney f Referring to the drawingswherein I have shown a preferred embodiment of my inven- Figure 4i is anenlarged partial section.

Figure 5 is a side view in sectional elevation of the mechanism as shownin Figure 4,

Figure 6 is an enlarged section taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 2showing the steam valve operating mechanism,

Figure 7 is a section taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 1 showing theconstruction of the iron and the arrangement of the steam inletsandoutlets, v

Figure 8 is a section taken on theI line 9 8 of Figure 8, a part of theforward end of the machine being also shown to illustrate the indicator,

Figure 9 is a sectionv taken on `the line. s'

9-9 of Figure 1 showing the construction of the supporting arm, iron,and'base; and

Figure 10 is a section taken on the line 10-10 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail 5 indicates a table comprisinga topk6 and supporting legs 7, the forward part of the table being extended asat 8 to provide a support for the overhanging goods lbeing pressed.

The table top 6 has attached at;` the rear' thereof a housing 9 to thefront of which is secured the base 10 which projects forwardlyv andforms a pressing base upon'which the iron 11 is normally adapted torest, the iron being `pivotally held as at 12 in the arm 13 which isformed integrally with, and constitutes a part of vthe iron support 14,the body of whichis hollow and has its lsides pivotally associated as at15 with the housf ing 9, so that the support 14 can be rocked about itspivot point to raise and lower the iron from the base 10. This raisingand lowering movement is carried out through the medium of a lever 16`which is pivoted to a bracket 17 carried on the forward table leg 7 towhich is attached a tie rod 18 which connects with another lever 19 eX-tending rearwardly to its pivot point in a bracket 20 on the rear leg 7.Adjacent its bracket connection, thevlever 19 is connected as by a tierod 21 to a link. 22, the rear end of which is pivoted as at `2,3 onabar24 connecting the sides of the housing 9, and the link carries the'lower end of,` a rod 25 the upper end ofwhich connects with the extendedportion 26 of the iron support 14. A suitable pedal '27 is used tooperate the lever 16 through the connecting chain '28. Any pressure uponthe pedal therefore will cause the iron to be raised off the basel 10,Iso that the goods can be drawn from beneath the iron.

The iron is composed of a hollow chamber portion-29 having amid-rib y3()extendingr longitudinally thereof and tnding adjacent the front wall ofthe iron to provide a passageway through which the steam passes. Oneside of the iron is provided with an outlet 31 opening out of thecompartment while the top plate 33 of the iron whiohis pivoted to thearm 13 is provided with a steam inlet 34, the steam passing through acirculation which ke'ps the-iron hot.

5"' steam through a pipe 37 which connects valve 36 with a normallyclosed valve 38,

the latter being disposed on a vertical pipe,

39, the lower end of which is secured in the Abottom of the iron againsta small baffle 40 having openings therein. `This allows th goods to beproperly moistened by the steam before passing rearwardly, itbeiiigunderstood that thel steamA is emitted at a point adjacent thefront of th;x iron. The stem 41 *i of the valve 38 extends upwardlythrough a suitable Aopening in the fiont ofthe arm 13 and carriesbeneath and spaced from said arm a collar42`, there beinginterposed-betwe'en the collar and the arm, a'spring 43,

which normally maintains the valve '38 The collar 42 is'engaged by theforked end of a bell-crank 44 whichi's pivoted in the larm 13 as at 45and'is operated through a rod 46 which extends'tlirough said arm 13rearwardly'to engage the 'upper endY of a cain operated lever 47 whichis pivoted at its mid-,portion as at 48 to the support 14, while itslower end is bifurcated to it *"around an eccentric cam"49.

The cam 49 is secured to the power shaft 50 which passes through .thehousing 9 and carries thereb'eyon'd they clutch members 51 and 52, thelatter of which is movable through the medium of a lever 53 hereinafterreferred to, andthe member 51 of which carriesa gear 54. 1The gear 54is` operated by the pinion 56, whichissecured tothe motor shaft 57, themotor 58 being mounted upon thetable. They shaft 50 on the opposite end,which extends beyond the housing 9 carries a fly wheel 59 andan ec--`centric cam 60, the latter being capable of A voperating a lever 61pivotedas at 62 to the housing 9 and attached at its upper endto the`longitudinal link 63 whichvoperates a vertical indicator ,'64 pivotedon the front part of the arm 13 and in position to .regster with a fixedmarker 65 at times, depending upon the position of the feed bars to b.:hereinafter referred to.v

The power shaft 50 within .the housing (Figures 4 and 5) carries aplurality of eccentric cam members, 66, 67 and 68, the cams 66 and 68carrying the stiap members 69 and 70 respectively, the extended portion71 of the strap 69 holding in its outer end a headed pin 72 having anCccentric portion 73 thereon which carries the end of a feed bar raisinglever 74 the eccentric portion being provided with a slotted head 75.The pin 72 is frictionally held in the portion 71 of the strap 69, andwhen adjustment of the lever 74 is desired the slotted headL 75 isturned thereby turning the eccentric poi.'- tion 73 to shortenthefoverall length of the strap 69 and lever 74.

To the lever 74 are pivoted as at 76 the bell-cranks 77 which arepivoted on cross bars 78 in the base 10, the horizontally disposedfeet'79 of the bell-cranks engaging and supporting the plates 80 to theupper side of which are secured the spaced feed bars 81, havii'ig theirupper longitudinal edges serrated whereby the goods may be drawnrearwardly through the machine upon a rearward movement of the feedbars. In the position shown in Figure 1 the feed bars 81 are flush withthe upper surface of the base 10. The fe d'bars are reciprocated throughthe medium of the strapeX- tension 82 which is part of the eccentricstrap 7() operated by the eccentric cam 68, the extension 82 beingpivotally connected as. at 83 to the rear feed bar plate 80.

It is evident therefore that areciprocating motion imparted to the lever74 will,y

through the bell cranks 77'` raise the feed' bars above the surface ofthe base. A reciprocating movement of the strap extension 82, imparts areciprocatory movement to the feed bars 81 which slide on top of thehorizontal foot portions 79.

shows when the feed bars are above or below the base 10. f v

As shown in Figure 8 when the indicator 64 is atits forward position thefeed bars are below the surface of the table or base The lever 74 is`advanced and thenthe feed bars are retracted, the advance causing thefeed bars to 130 10 and the goods can be safely drawn out of themachine; when the indicator is in register with the marker the feed barsare above the base and in order to bring them belowl the base,'I makeuse of a manual adjustment which comprises .a lever 84: pivoted to theforward leg 7 of the machine above the lever 19 and connected thereto bya link 85 the free end of the level' being yieldably held in horizontalposition by a spring 86 suspended from a brace bar or rod 87 connectingthe sides of the housing 9. To the power shaft 50 there is fixed aratchet wheel 87 over which travels the pawl 88, the same being pivotedto a rock lever 89 which is mounted loosely on shaft 50 and is rocked bya depending rod 90 pivoted to its extended free end 91. The rod 90 atits lower end is pivoted to the lever 84. i It isevident that a pressureon the foot lever 27 will move the levers 19 and 84 downwardly to causea throw of the ratchet pawl 88 which carries the ratchet' wheel 87 withit and thus turns the shaft 50 to position the feed bars below thesurface of base 10.

In order -to provide for the goods being thoroughly pressed, I applypressure to the extended portion 26 ofthe iron support )14 whereby theiron is pressed firmly on the table or base 10, through the medium of acoiled spring 92 held between two cu'ps'the upper of which 93 ispivotally connected` engaged by one end of a rocker 99 which is travelthrough the machine.

vpreviously referred to. that it will force the end of the rocker downpivoted on rod 87 and has its opposite end extending beneath andengaging the cam 67 The cam 1s so cut when the feed bars are above thesurface of the table and travelling rearwardly, so that the iron willpress the goods firmly during Downward pressure on the pedal 27 will, asbefore described raise the iron 0H the base 10, but

the spring 92 will normally press the iron firmly against the base 10.

In order to control the power applied to Y the machine by the throw ofthe clutch member 52 which is performed by the lever 53 I connect thelatter, through the medium of a tie rod 100 with a longitudinallydisposed lever arm 101 beneath the table pivoted at one end to a bracket102 held on the rear leg of the table, the free end being connected withan auxiliary lever 103 by a rod 104. The lever 103 is pivoted to abracket 105 held on the front leg of the table and is operativelyconnected to a pedal 106 by a chain 107. To start the machine the pedal106 is therefore pressed downwardly against the action of spring 108which extends betweenthe bottom of the table and the lever It will beevident that I have provided an efficient and durable pressing machine,which will handle the material at high speed and which will also guardagainst damage to the goods when the same is to be drawn from themachine. Also I have provided a machine in which the goods are moistened'intermit-- tently and fed by a step by step motion through the machineto` be thoroughly pressed.

Having described my invention what I claim is A1. .A pressing machinecomprising a base, an iron adapted to rest on saidA base to press goodsinterposed between said' base and said iron, feed bars in said base,means for operating said feed bars vertically and longitudinally tocause longitudinalfmovement of the goods through the machine, andaneccentric member for adjusting the vertical movement of said feed barsto compensate for varying thicknesses of goods.

y2. A pressing machine-comprising a base, an iron adapted to rest onsaid base to press goods interposed between the base and the iron, feedbars in said base, meansl for imparting to said feed bars a vertical anda longitudinal movement, and an eccentric member associated with saidvertical movement imparting means for limiting the vertical movement ofthe feed bars to compensate for goods of varying thicknesses.

3. In a pressing machine, a base, feed bars operable in said base tofeed the goods to be pressed through the machine, means for raising thefeed bars above said base, means for imparting a retractile movement tosaid bars while they are held above said base,

and an adjustable eccentric member in said feed bar raising meanswhereby the feed bars can be raised varying distances above said base tocompensate for different thicknesses of goods.

l. In a pressing machine, a base, an iron adapted to rest thereon,spaced feed bars in said base, plates connecting said feed bars, barraising members in said base adapted to engage said plates to supportthe bars, a power shaft, an eccentric on said shaft, means connectingsaid eccentric and said bar raising members whereby the latter areoperated, and an adjustable member in .said connecting means forshortening the distance between said raising members and the eccentricwhereby a variable raising distance is imparted to said feed bars.

5. In a pressing machine, a head, an iron carried in said head, a baseupon which the iron is adapted to rest, feed bars in the base beneaththe iron and operableto a position above the surface-of said base, andmeans for visually indicating the position of said feed bars. l

G. In a pressing machinea base, an iron adapted to rest on said base,feed bars iii the base, means for raising the feed bars above said baseto grip goods interposed between the iron and the base, means forvarying the amount said feed bars can be raised above the base, andmeans for visually indicating whether the feed bars are above or belowthe surface of said base;

7 .In apressing machine, a head, a base, an iron suspended from saidhead and adapted to rest on said base, feed bars in said base, means forimparting a vertical and a longitudinal movement to said bars, means forvarying the'amount of vertical movement imparted thereto, and anindicator for showing the positionv of the feed bars relative to theupper surface of said base. i v

` 8. In a pressing'machine, a power driven shaft, a pressing iron, abase upon which the iron is adapted to rest, a feed bar in said baseoperated from said power shaft whereby the same will have areciprocating movement above and below the surface of said base, and anoperator operated auxiliary means associated with said shaft' wherebywhen-the driving power is cut off from the shaft the feed bars may bemoved to a position below the surface of the base.

9. In a pressing machine, a base, feed bars operable above and below thesurface of said base for causing movement of goods through the machine,a power operated shaft for actua'ting said feed bars, means for cuttingofl' the power used to drive said shaft, an operator operated ratchetmechanism associatedy with said power shaft whereby the latter can berotated after the driving powerl thereof has been cut oif to bring thefeed pressure of the iron against the base is maintained, a rock armpivoted in said yhousing having one end engaging said cani and' theother end engaging said spring member, whereby whenthe cam 1s revolved,the pressure of the iron on said base is periodicallyk increased, and afoot leverv for raising the iron off the base lagainst the action ofsaid spring member. l

11. In a pressing machine comprising a base,feed bars in the base andoperable to a posit-ion above the surface of said base, and

means for visually indicating the position of said feed bars. l y

12. In a pressing machine, a base, feed bars operable to positions aboveand below said base surface, means for varying the dis` tance said feedbars can operate above said base', and means for visually-'findicatingwhether the feedbars are above or below the surface of the base.

JACOB DENEMARK.

